Civility should be the core issue of each political campaign Oct 27, 2008
In their analysis of campaign ads, George Washington University political scientists Lee Sigelman and David Park award the 1960 Kennedy-Nixon race as the most civil, and the 1996 Clinton-Dole clash as the least. Despite barbs about senior moments and gaffes, the McCain-Obama contest lies somewhere in between. (Albany Times Union)
Santa Clara University: de Saisset Museum Features Exhibition of 1960s Art From the Extraordinary Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson Collection Jan 19, 2008
Eye on the Sixties includes paintings, sculpture, drawings, and prints by artists such as Robert Arneson, Bruce Beasley, Fletcher Benton, Wallace Berman, Bruce Conner, Ronald Davis, Richard Diebenkorn, Sam Francis, Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns, Philip Guston, Bruce Nauman, Claes Oldenberg, David Park, Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Ruscha, Frank Stella, Wayne Thiebaud, and William T. Wiley. SCU students played an active role in the creation of the exhibition, contributing their own... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
A stunning gift lights up LACMA Jan 12, 2008
There is a nice nook with terrific Bay Area figurative paintings by David Park and Joan Brown, capped by Jay DeFeo's monumental 1959 starburst, "The Jewel." And since abstract painting and sculpture is the focus, it's nice that the sequence ends with three excellent Hard-edge paintings by the great John McLaughlin. He was L.A.'s premier postwar master. (Los Angeles Times)
In praise of an artist too long under wraps Nov 28, 2007
The rebirth of painter David Park ... But the works of Boston-born artist David Park, who died at 49 in 1960, are finally enjoying some worldly renown ... Twice this year, a David Park canvas has sold for more than $1 million, both records. (Boston Globe)
Review: Painter Diebenkorn found inspiration in New Mexico desert Oct 19, 2007
At CSFA he had contact with powerful older artistic personalities, including Clyfford Still (1904-1980), Mark Rothko (1903-1970) and David Park (1912-1960), with whom Diebenkorn would later define the manner known as Bay Area Figuration. In 1950, Diebenkorn still considered himself an abstract painter, but never denied that his art flowed from sources throughout his experience, not just from the experience of painting. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Paul Spencer: The Entropics Feb 9, 2007
He was born in Milwaukee, studied at the University of Wisconsin and finally attended art school in San Francisco under such teachers as Clyfford Still, David Park and Elmer Bischoff. Still had the most profound influence and this is revealing. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
